Sunday, September 20, 2015

Movie: Paper Towns = 85/100


               Personally I am not a huge fan of a story that starts with an act of revenge.  Usually the movies that do this revolve the entire story around the act of revenge, which makes them seem predictable.  For example a common plot structure for these types of stories would be to have the person who was being pranked realize who was taking revenge on them.  Then a competition starts between the two parties to see who can get the last prank in.

               Paper towns started with a vengeful act, but then the story moved on to a new topic rather quickly.  The odd thing was that all of the people that had been pranked knew exactly who had pranked them (The Protagonist).  Yet the story had a built in safety that pushed what was the main plot to the backburner.  Then a new plot line emerged from it. 
              
               The main plot was not predictable in any way, which made it enjoyable.  A few of the sub plots were predictable but it was ok because they were mostly used as tools to show time passage and character development.  A lot seemed to happen within a short period of time which is good because the plot was never dull.  It was a good story and I would recommend the movie, and possibly the book, if it is anything like the movie.



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